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they're they're simply reflected that today strategic environment. i will echo the secretary's message and tell you what it means to us is that it we have moved toward a smaller and more capable and ready force we have to be careful to protect our core missions and we have to be able to execute those enduring contributions i mentioned before he cuts up we don't the entire joint force is impacted and impacted in a significant way. the director of international guard the chief of the air force received and i have spent time and energy lately focused on medication court nation between our three components and general frank grass the chief of the national euro and i have with the same efforts toward communication between the air force and the national guard bureau. obviously the force structure is a mix between the active and reserve components of the air force is a contentious issue and has been for the last six to eight months clearly. it continues to be. i characterize her court nation with the group i just mentioned as energetic and improving. but we
they're they're simply reflected that today strategic environment. i will echo the secretary's message and tell you what it means to us is that it we have moved toward a smaller and more capable and ready force we have to be careful to protect our core missions and we have to be able to execute those enduring contributions i mentioned before he cuts up we don't the entire joint force is impacted and impacted in a significant way. the director of international guard the chief of the air force...
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Jan 10, 2013
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so we look at a budget constrained environment. we do believe, and we concur with what you were saying in terms of a long-term view and a strategic goals and objectives are starting point. and that there is a consensus about the strategic goals and objectives. for example, as we have many witnesses in our work we found little evidence that an asteroid mission was widely accepted. whether inside of nasa, outside in industry or internationally, and in, and so it's important there is clarity in terms of the direction. and a nasa strategic plan can, in fact, with clearly identified what their traits are in that portfolio going forward. and there is a starting point upon which some choices can be made. >> joining with others on the panel saying absolutely partnerships, the ability to bring together public and private sector and international, conjoining resources is certainly an excellent step in the right direction that this committee for the upcoming reauthorization process, because i would remind us all it's not so far away game, tha
so we look at a budget constrained environment. we do believe, and we concur with what you were saying in terms of a long-term view and a strategic goals and objectives are starting point. and that there is a consensus about the strategic goals and objectives. for example, as we have many witnesses in our work we found little evidence that an asteroid mission was widely accepted. whether inside of nasa, outside in industry or internationally, and in, and so it's important there is clarity in...
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thank you. >> thank you. >> the environment narcotrafficking -- uncertainty and a pretty. mostly uncertainty. because when a former actually -- a farmer raises orchard or vineyard and turned into a poppy seed because he's not sure he can maintain the orchard or vineyard. so when a farmer is not sure what happened to him and his family, he will turn to narcotics because it takes three months to grow it. when you grow it, -- does not read need refrigeration, nothi nothing. we will probably see more poppy cultivation. there will be less economic activity. and again, while i open my initial statement for the need for providing actually certainty, both by the afghan leadership and international community. so far actually in the area where the economy, the economy is doing better, we have seen reduction of narco narcotics and cultivation of poppy. in anywhere we see most of the fighting, that's where we see most of the poppy. >> so let me close with a final question to each of the panel. jim, in his presentation, use a number of statistics, jotted a few down. but the one that st
thank you. >> thank you. >> the environment narcotrafficking -- uncertainty and a pretty. mostly uncertainty. because when a former actually -- a farmer raises orchard or vineyard and turned into a poppy seed because he's not sure he can maintain the orchard or vineyard. so when a farmer is not sure what happened to him and his family, he will turn to narcotics because it takes three months to grow it. when you grow it, -- does not read need refrigeration, nothi nothing. we will...
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>> yeah, not suing each other, but in a very messy policy environment. i just want to add one thing to this, i don't know -- whether i disagree on this. you see this more and more frequently, that the administration -- because it does congress won't do anything, makes policy by official announcements of non-enforcement. so we're going to have our own de facto dream act which congress refuses to enact by administrative non-enforcement. that's very clear example of the dynamics here. we might see the same thing in drug enforcement. we're not going to enforce it, period, because congress will enact a law to that effect. i find that to go much beyond the ordinary exercise of administrative and executive discretion in law enforcement. its policymaking by non-enforcement, which is to my mind a very, very -- congressional statutes to the contrary, policy difficulties with that come but they're also real constitutional problems. it's sort of one more dysfunction. >> that's not the way things are supposed to work. angel, invest in fiber, in practice congress days
>> yeah, not suing each other, but in a very messy policy environment. i just want to add one thing to this, i don't know -- whether i disagree on this. you see this more and more frequently, that the administration -- because it does congress won't do anything, makes policy by official announcements of non-enforcement. so we're going to have our own de facto dream act which congress refuses to enact by administrative non-enforcement. that's very clear example of the dynamics here. we...
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the stewardship of the environment. we have enormous interest of course in our own resources, our people. in fact, 40% of canada's landmass is above the 60th parallel, yet we all have roughly 100,000 of our 34 million people living there. so it is an enormous challenge, obligation, even to continue to exert the sovereignty, search and rescue. at this time of year is becoming dark 24 hours a day. you have temperatures to plummet below 50 degrees celsius. and you have opening waters and changes that are going to create a lot of challenges because more people simply are going to go there, and more countries have exerted or expressed an interest. you mentioned china. there are many others that want to be part of this council. to your question about the obligation, i think it comes back to people playing by the rules and respecting the fact that there are places when disputes arise, as is the case with canada and the united states impact on the bering sea. some of the bordering areas of the arctic. i think there is a recogni
the stewardship of the environment. we have enormous interest of course in our own resources, our people. in fact, 40% of canada's landmass is above the 60th parallel, yet we all have roughly 100,000 of our 34 million people living there. so it is an enormous challenge, obligation, even to continue to exert the sovereignty, search and rescue. at this time of year is becoming dark 24 hours a day. you have temperatures to plummet below 50 degrees celsius. and you have opening waters and changes...